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    Tripneustes gratilla, the collector urchin, is a species of sea urchin. Collector urchins are found at depths of 2 to 30 metres (7 to 100 ft) in the waters...
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    shell and other debris in a manner similar to the closely related Tripneustes gratilla. These decorations are held in place by tube feet among the spines...
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    and throughout the Indo-Pacific. Tripneustes gratilla Tripneustes ventricosus Tripneustes depressus Fossil Tripneustes parkinsoni (Burdigalian, Muséum...
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    very little difference in morphology between T. depressus, Tripneustes gratilla and Tripneustes ventricosus; they are suspected of being the same species...
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    attaching to aquarium glass using tube feet. Collector urchins (Tripneustes gratilla) have elongated podia. Close-up on the same specimen. The nail starfish...
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    particularly the case in the family Toxopneustidae, some species such as Tripneustes gratilla and especially Toxopneustes pileolus being extremely venomous. The...
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  • the genus Nocardioides which has been isolated from the sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla near Penghu Island, Taiwan. Lin, SY; Wen, CZ; Hameed, A; Liu, YC;...
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    (Heterocentrotus mamillatus) A wrasse finishing the remains of a damaged Tripneustes gratilla The spines, long and sharp in some species, protect the urchin from...
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    Researchers are investigating the use of native collector urchins, Tripneustes gratilla, for their potential as biocontrol agents to mitigate the spread...
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  • genus Chryseobacterium which has been isolated from a sea urchin (Tripneustes gratilla) on the Penghu Island of Taiwan. Chryseobacterium echinoideorum produces...
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